Physician 3 - MCC

The Department of Corrections Health Services Division is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual to take on the dynamic role of Physician 3 for the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, WA, located just northeast of Seattle. The job duties of this position will be performed onsite at the facility. This position's primary duty is administrative supervision of PA/ARNP staff.

We're looking for Physicians who are passionate about providing team-based, integrated care to patients with complex and challenging health conditions. Our Physicians work in a multi-disciplinary environment treating many people that are disenfranchised from outside medicine with untreated maladies and unusual pathologies. Physicians at DOC enjoy the satisfaction of practicing medicine while providing a positive compassionate experience for their patients. Our Physicians have no pressure of production-based patient care or insurance billing, and appreciate a good work-life balance.

• Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with a desirable schedule Day shift Monday - Friday and limited call
• Outstanding benefits and pension package
• Training and development opportunities
• Paid administrative leave for continuing education
• Eligible for state and federal loan repayment programs
• IMG and J-1 encouraged to apply
• Malpractice insurance covered by the State of Washington
• The fulfillment of public service

We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service, committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence, while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our incarcerated population, our agency, and our community.

• Provides direct patient care.
  • Provides clinical care of incarcerated individuals, responding to sick call, reviewing nursing triage, and working closely with the Nursing Team and other clinical staff.
  • Implementation of the plan of care by providing direct patient care, directing others about the urgency, time frames and methods to deliver health care on and off site, determining when needs for care or services become more urgent, need clarification or another type or level of intervention is necessary; taking action as necessary to obtain provider orders and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
  • Practice medicine and provide safe and effective clinical/medical care of patients in the MCC correctional setting and within the scope of practice defined by state law, administrative code, and the WA DOC health plan.
  • Diagnoses of health problems and determination of the outcomes to be achieved. Provides medication as required.
  • Collaboratively works with the Facility Medical Director and HSM3 in planning the delivery of health care, defining time frames and pathways for delivery of services, prioritizes and sequences to be provided, and ensuring continuity of care over time and place.
  • Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and via computer or other electronic media with patients, their families, other health care personnel, custody and other institutional personnel, and outside stakeholders. Identify problems and solutions. Legible handwriting of documents, clinical findings, the rational and plan for actions taken.
  • Collaboratively assists the Facility Medical Director in establishing therapeutic relationships that preserve professional boundaries with patients and their families to counsel, teach and assist them to reduce health risks, improve their ability to provide self-care, manage symptoms and side effects, to participate in prescribed treatment regimes, and to make informed decisions about health care and treatment.
  • Provides accurate, authoritative information.
  • Establish and defining time frames and pathways for delivery of services.
  • Provide help with treatment/management of Hepatitis C patients as well as OUD/Suboxone.
  • Provide care in any unit depending on needs, including on-call phone status.
• Provide clinical consultation and oversight to ARNPs and PAs at MCC.
  • Under the supervision of the FMD, clinically consults and oversees a staff of midlevel providers within a major adult corrections facility in…